American Forests is partnering with the USDA Forest Service to replant areas of the Boise National Forest. This project will help alleviate erosion of the area’s steep mountain slopes, improving water quality throughout the watershed. Because the area’s terrain is so rugged, seedlings to be used for the planting will have to be transported to the site by mules.

Wildfires devastated the area in 2006 and 2007, impacting the local wildlife. This project will speed up the natural rate of restoration and provide forest habitat more quickly to the animals that need it to thrive, such as lynxes, boreal owls, northern goshawks, and northern three-toed woodpeckers.